Russian Political Warfare Essays on Kremlin Propaganda in Europe and the Neighbourhood, 2020-2023 With a foreword by Nathalie Loiseau Anton Shekhovtsov, Andreas Umland, Nathalie Loiseau

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shekhovtsov, Anton, Author.

Contributor:

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Loiseau, Nathalie, Author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; Volume 271.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kriegsführung.

Politics.

Politik.

Russia.

Russland.

Warefar.

Local Subjects:

Kriegsführung.

Politics.

Politik.

Russia.

Russland.

Warefar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Dr. Anton Shekhovtsov obtained his doctoral degree from University College London (UK). He is Director of the NGO Centre for Democratic Integrity, Visiting Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Central European University (Austria), and an Associated Researcher at the Research Centre for the History of Transformations at the University of Vienna. He is the author of New Radical Right-Wing Parties in European Democracies (ibidem, 2011) and Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir (Routledge, 2017). He also published numerous op-eds in international media, and several academic articles in Journal of Democracy, Russian Politics and Law, Europe-Asia Studies, Nationalities Papers, and Patterns of Prejudice, among others.

Nathalie Loiseau, MEP, is a member of the Renew Europe Group, Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament, and former Minister for European Affairs of France (2017-2019).

Dr. Anton Shekhovtsov obtained his doctoral degree from University College London (UK). He is Director of the NGO Centre for Democratic Integrity, Visiting Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Central European University (Austria), and an Associated Researcher at the Research Centre for the History of Transformations at the University of Vienna. He is the author of New Radical Right-Wing Parties in European Democracies (ibidem, 2011) and Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir (Routledge, 2017). He also published numerous op-eds in international media, and several academic articles in Journal of Democracy, Russian Politics and Law, Europe-Asia Studies, Nationalities Papers, and Patterns of Prejudice, among others.

Summary:

Political warfare is a grey area between peace and war. It involves a diverse array of methods and instruments that go beyond traditional diplomacy and soft power but stops short of open kinetic conflict using nations’ regular armed forces. This collection of Anton Shekhovtsov’s essays delves into practices of Russian political warfare designed to advance Moscow’s strategic and tactical objectives in European countries and certain African states. It reveals how Russian state actors and pro-regime stakeholders meddled in elections, politicised and weaponised the COVID-19 pandemic, amplified religious conflicts, undermined democratic institutions, and corrupted political forces.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword by Nathalie Loiseau

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abbreviations

1. Conceptualising Malign Influence of Putin's Russia in Europe

2. Russian Election Interference in Africa: The Case of AFRIC

3. Russian Malign Influence Operations in Coronavirus-Hit Italy

4. How to Fail a Malign Influence Operation: The Case of Russian Aid to Serbia

5. Putin's "Foot Soldier" in the Kremlin's Political War against France

6. The Rise and Fall of a Polish Agent of the Kremlin Influence: The Case of Janusz Niedźwiecki

7. The German Connection: Far-Right Journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter in the Service of the Russian Propaganda Machine

Post Scriptum.

Other Format:

Print version: Shekhovtsov, Anton Russian Political Warfare

ISBN:

3-8382-7821-6

Publisher Number:

9783838278216